I have no dog in this fight. Like many, while I know Brett, he's not a friend. I am all for throwing out every cheater in the sport. Period. But guilt is not decided by people on some BB. Regardless, no, not a good look. Optics not good at all. Without question. However, Brett should get condemned-----and convicted-----for this because why exactly? Was his name on the list of buyers? That's a good starting point. Any legitimate, direct proof? Saying or posting something twice or a thousand times is nothing more than one or more of a thousand things. Armchair internet police, wannabees, jealousy, and I can keep going on and on. I am not defending him. I am defending integrity, truth, and seeking it. Post something a thousand times, and that doesn't make it true. That makes it vindictive. Some guy says renew a script for so and so, and that makes so and so guilty? That's not guilt. That's hearsay.

I have no dog in this fight. Like many, while I know Brett, he's not a friend. I am all for throwing out every cheater in the sport. Period. But guilt is not decided by people on some BB. Regardless, no, not a good look. Optics not good at all. Without question. However, Brett should get condemned-----and convicted-----for this because why exactly? Was his name on the list of buyers? That's a good starting point. Any legitimate, direct proof? Saying or posting something twice or a thousand times is nothing more than one or more of a thousand things. Armchair internet police, wannabees, jealousy, and I can keep going on and on. I am not defending him. I am defending integrity, truth, and seeking it. Post something a thousand times, and that doesn't make it true. That makes it vindictive. Some guy says renew a script for so and so, and that makes so and so guilty? That's not guilt. That's hearsay.

Nobody is condemning Brett... the old man has had multiple positive tests in the past two years or should I say the mother and father… And all they do is switch the horses back-and-forth as trainer… If you think the transcript of the Epogen was all made up then fine keep racing against him.. the guy is barred from most tracks on the East Coast for a reason nothing to do with jealousy, armchair police or whatever… It is what it is and you think Mark Beckwith stands for integrity and truth?… Yeah OK... I guess Allard and the boys all got a raw deal.. probably hearsay

I have no dog in this fight. Like many, while I know Brett, he's not a friend. I am all for throwing out every cheater in the sport. Period. But guilt is not decided by people on some BB. Regardless, no, not a good look. Optics not good at all. Without question. However, Brett should get condemned-----and convicted-----for this because why exactly? Was his name on the list of buyers? That's a good starting point. Any legitimate, direct proof? Saying or posting something twice or a thousand times is nothing more than one or more of a thousand things. Armchair internet police, wannabees, jealousy, and I can keep going on and on. I am not defending him. I am defending integrity, truth, and seeking it. Post something a thousand times, and that doesn't make it true. That makes it vindictive. Some guy says renew a script for so and so, and that makes so and so guilty? That's not guilt. That's hearsay.

i have not.

First, this is BS. If you don't see the difference between back in the day with Ray and Larry Remmen and a positive test, and today's current cast of rule-benders and breakers, then you have a bigger problem than you think. Larry came up positive, the horses didn't go anywhere. Larry took a vacation, Ray went about his day as always, drove, and Don Queen went down as trainer instead of Larry. Personally, I see that as a legitimate scenario.

Second, I have long been a supporter of owner accountability, and there should be without question. However, you have a very slippery slope here. In the end, are you going to punish every owner and suspend all of his/her horses because one of them (and the trainer) came up positive? My answer is no. Should you suspend that one horse? OK, I can see that, but there has to be parameters. Quarantine (first) perhaps, additional testing, out-of-competition, additional blood, and so on-----all at the owner's expense. However, it still comes down to picking a trainer? Who is safe to pick and who is not? Alagna? Burke? Pelling? Takter? Toscano? Menary? McNair? Cullen? Svanstedt? Melander? Wallin? It's always a simple solution from one's keyboard.

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